×ABSTRACT
This study is based on the problem of the low vocabulary mastery of the second
year students of SMP N 5 Sukoharjo in the academic year of 2009/2010. It is aimed
at knowing whether using short texts can enrich the students’ vocabulary. It is also
aimed at the improvement of the students’ achievement in teaching learning process
using short stories.
The materials used in this research were short text. The procedure of the
research consisted of identifying the problems, planning the action, implementing the
action, observing or monitoring the action, reflecting the result of the observation,
and research findings. The research was conducted in one cycle. The cycle consisted
of four meetings. The techniques in collecting the data were qualitative and
quantitative method. In the qualitative method, the researcher used observations, field
notes, photographs, and document analysis. The results of the observation were in the
form of field notes and photographs. In the quantitative method, the researcher used
tests. The test consisted of the pre-test and post-test. The technique to analyze the test
result was by comparing the mean score of pre-test and post-test. Besides that, this
research also used descriptive statistics and the t-test of non-independent.
The results of this research show that short texts can improve the students’
vocabulary mastery. The improvement can be seen in the form of students’
achievements. They can be seen from the aspects of vocabulary mastery and the
students’ motivation. First, from the aspect of the vocabulary mastery, the students
could understand, grasp, remember, pronounce, write about 75 until 80 % of the
words correctly and also use the words in context appropriately. Then, the
improvement of students’ score can be seen from the differences between the pre-test
and post-test. The mean score of the pre-test improves from 4.07 to 7.36 in post-test.
Then, the scores of the pre-test and post-test show that there is also an improvement
of students who achieve the minimum standard score, that is 60. They are from 2.8%
to 94.3% of students. Second, from the students’ motivation, the students are more
active and enthusiastic during teaching learning process. Next, they have more
concentration to do the exercises. Then, they do not do something useless during
teaching learning process. At last, they also like having discussion with their friends.
The results of this research imply that using short texts are good material to
improve students’ vocabulary mastery and also improve students’ learning activity
during teaching learning process. The short texts made the students easier in
understanding the form and the meaning of the words. Through short texts, students were also encouraged to practice their ability in reading, writing and pronouncing
correctly.
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Penulis Utama
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Risqi Ekanti Ayuningtyas Palupi
Penulis Tambahan
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NIM / NIP
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K2206029
Tahun
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2010
Judul
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Enriching vocabulary mastery using short texts
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Imprint
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Surakarta - FKIP - 2010
Program Studi
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S-1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Kolasi
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Sumber
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UNS-FKIP Jur. Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni-K.2206029 -2010
Kata Kunci
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Jenis Dokumen
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Skripsi
ISSN
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ISBN
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Link DOI / Jurnal
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Status
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Public
Pembimbing
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1. Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd. 2. Teguh Sarosa, S.S., M.Hum.
Penguji
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Catatan Umum
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660/2010
Fakultas
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Fak. KIP
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